Misleading Facts and the Power of a Name
Alright again I am not really going to be doing much of a rant but more of just writing. Some people seem to like this style of writing while some people think it really doesn’t feel the same. I can write in very different ways and when I feel like doing another one of my rants where I just go all out then I will do it.
People will do whatever they can in order to try to get their points across. They are willing to do whatever they can and a lot of them will tell you that what they say is fact. When they say what they say is true they are telling the truth, however they will also bring up facts that are irrelevant or negate certain other facts. In this situation they are not technically lying, but they are still misleading in their convictions.
There are several examples of this situation. There are a ton of rapists in the world and if you asked 10 of them if they masturbated before they raped someone they would all say yes. So to someone who is trying to stop someone from masturbating and trying to give the impression it is bad they could say that 10 out of 10 rapists said they masturbated first before they raped someone. So does that means that if you masturbate you are going to become a rapist? It doesn’t mean that at all but people will want you to believe it. If this were true then just about every person on earth would be a rapist.
Maybe that example seemed a little bit too farfetched for you, so I’ll give an example of something that people here about more often: “If you smoke marijuana, you’ll start doing other drugs.” Now let’s look at the facts here, people who are using cocaine, heroin, LSC, or most other drugs have stated that they started off by doing marijuana. Now to someone who is trying to convince you that pot is a gateway drug, that’s where they will stop in delivering their facts. They fail to mention that out of all the people who do pot most of them DO NOT end up trying other drugs. Also lets not forget that pot is the easiest drugs to get, so somebody who is thinking about experimenting with drugs and wants to try all kinds of stuff is going to end up trying pot first because it is the most accessible. Now they already got it in their minds that they want to try out new drugs, it’s not like they are trying pot for the first time and after they smoke it they are like “damn that weed was good, but now I want to try some crack.”
Allow for me to give another example of this situation. The other night I was watching TV and I stumbled across an infomercial saying how you can make money buying foreclosed homes. They mention things like how you can get them cheap and below market value, but they fail to realize important things. When you buy a foreclosed home you are buying blind because the bank isn’t going to let you look in the inside of that house and do you really expect the people who are getting kicked out of their house to let you take a look? Also don’t forget that when houses are foreclosed it’s not like someone comes to the house one day and tells the people to get out and it’s all settled in a day with someone making sure the people don’t damage the house. Foreclosure proceedings will last at least 3 months. In 3 months you can do a lot to damage a house and someone could just go and take a chainsaw to it. Another thing about foreclosures is the price is only about 5%-10%, on average, less then what the market value is. Someone who is trying to sell the fact that buying foreclosed houses will tell you that you can get a house at 40%-50% less then the market value. Now this isn’t a lie because you will only pay about 5%-10%, on average, less then what the market value is. The key phrase there is “on average” which means that there are houses that could end up going that cheap, however it is highly rare. One more thing is that even if you did get the house for less then what the market value is, the house could be damaged so bad that you may end up spending so much money to fix or even rebuild the house that you end up spending more money then what the market value for that house was. This section actually turned into a little part by itself, but I’ll go on.
I was going to make this a one topic writing, but now I feel like writing about something me and one of my friends briefly discussed. Someone I know today bought a video game and didn’t even play it. The only reason he even bought this game in the first place was because it was Final Fantasy. Even though he may not even like this series he still bought it because of the Final Fantasy name and the history that it has. A name is a huge part of marketing and how we look at things and it’s not just in games. If you blindly went to someone and told them, ok you can have a Mercedes or a Ford, which one do you want? Now without even knowing what exactly their choices are most people are going to pick Mercedes because of the name and what it represents.
A few months ago some movie about a singer came out and it was supposedly a parody on the Johnny Cash movie. This movie had some actor I didn’t care about so I had no desire to want to see the movie. If this movie had put Will Ferrell in there then I would have wanted to see it and that’s another example of a name. Will Ferrell has a representation as being a funny guy so even if a movie looks like it won’t be funny at all, if he is in it then it’s going to spark people’s interest a little more.
This goes with advertising as well. If you own a bar and are like “we sell Boston Brewed Harpoon Ale” most people are not going to know what the hell you are talking about. If you are like “we sell Boston Brewed Samuel Adams” then people will know what you are talking about and would be more inclined to come to your bar. You also don’t see electronics stores advertise that they sell Vizio, Magnavox, and Sylvania. So they are going to advertise that they sell Sony, Panasonic, and Samsung. This is because the name sells and gets people interested in what they have.
Alright I am going to end it with that. I may have gone a little too far with the examples but I think they got my point across. Anyways have a nice weekend and don’t start smoking crack. I mean unless you want to smoke crack, but don’t say I told you to do it.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
All about the Money
All about the Money
Alright like the last thing I wrote this isn’t going to be a rant but of a viewpoint on people and money. Why people get into debt? Why they don’t set their priorities straight etc. This will be a writing in which I want to just talk about some things and why so many people mismanage their money because of ego.
You see people all the time who go and drive these $50,000 luxury cars. They will go and spend that extra money on the car just because of the logo on the car. Lets take 2 very similar cars that are actually made by the same company: The Lexus ES and the Toyota Avalon. As many of you probably know Toyota owns Lexus and the 2 cars I mentioned here are similar because they are both considered luxury. The Toyota Avalon has a base price of about 27k and then Lexus ES has a base price of 33k. So you are going to be spending an extra 6K for a different logo on the car. That is not worth the money, but people will buy it because they want people to know they are driving a Lexus. A car is simply something that will get you from one point to another and there it stops.
Now I know what some people are probably thinking and that’s “but if you have a good car people will know you are successful.” That’s not true and I want to use an example of this. I know a guy who sells real estate and he is going around driving a beat up Toyota Tacoma and then there is a guy who is making as much money as him yet he feels the need to drive around in a Porsche Cayan (however the hell you spell it). Now when I first wanted to get into real estate people would tell me, “you got to be driving in a fancy car so they know you’re successful.” That is not true because people look at the person who they are dealing with and not the car they drive. There are people out there who are loaded yet they will drive in the most economic car out there.
Now the car thing went on a little longer then I thought it would, but I’m guessing people don’t realize that there are little ways people spend their money foolishly. Let’s look at something as simple as food. Now let’s say you’re at work and its lunch time, so you go down to get a sandwich and a drink and then your spending about $10 a day on food. This ends up being you spending $50 a week on food and $200 a month. Meanwhile you can go to a deli and get enough roast beef, cheese and bread to last you a week of lunches at that same $10 dollars that only got you one sandwich. You can take it even further with it. Your eating dinner and you decide to cook up some pasta. Cook up more then you’re going to eat and then save the leftovers and use it for lunches or even dinner tomorrow. Little things like that are going to get you more money.
Remember that if the most important thing you should always put above everything is that you should always have food on the table, a roof over your head, and clean clothes to wear. There are people out there who drive an Escalade yet they are living with 5 other people in a crowded apartment. This is because of there ego. They know that people are more likely to see them in there Escalade then people will see them in there sausage fest apartment. People want to give the illusion that “yah I’m rich.” Those people are going to be in debt and living in a shithole for a long time because they are not smart with money.
Alright that is pretty much all I wanted to get across in this rant. I’ll be doing a video rant in the very near future and I already know what I am going to be ranting about so don’t worry. Some of you may have seen my test video rant but I don’t consider that my official first one. Anyways have a nice day and remember my 3 rules. If you don’t know them, then get your foot out of your ass. If this is the first time you are reading one of my rants: Don’t Get Pregnant/Get someone Pregnant, Don’t Get Arrested, and don’t get killed.
Alright like the last thing I wrote this isn’t going to be a rant but of a viewpoint on people and money. Why people get into debt? Why they don’t set their priorities straight etc. This will be a writing in which I want to just talk about some things and why so many people mismanage their money because of ego.
You see people all the time who go and drive these $50,000 luxury cars. They will go and spend that extra money on the car just because of the logo on the car. Lets take 2 very similar cars that are actually made by the same company: The Lexus ES and the Toyota Avalon. As many of you probably know Toyota owns Lexus and the 2 cars I mentioned here are similar because they are both considered luxury. The Toyota Avalon has a base price of about 27k and then Lexus ES has a base price of 33k. So you are going to be spending an extra 6K for a different logo on the car. That is not worth the money, but people will buy it because they want people to know they are driving a Lexus. A car is simply something that will get you from one point to another and there it stops.
Now I know what some people are probably thinking and that’s “but if you have a good car people will know you are successful.” That’s not true and I want to use an example of this. I know a guy who sells real estate and he is going around driving a beat up Toyota Tacoma and then there is a guy who is making as much money as him yet he feels the need to drive around in a Porsche Cayan (however the hell you spell it). Now when I first wanted to get into real estate people would tell me, “you got to be driving in a fancy car so they know you’re successful.” That is not true because people look at the person who they are dealing with and not the car they drive. There are people out there who are loaded yet they will drive in the most economic car out there.
Now the car thing went on a little longer then I thought it would, but I’m guessing people don’t realize that there are little ways people spend their money foolishly. Let’s look at something as simple as food. Now let’s say you’re at work and its lunch time, so you go down to get a sandwich and a drink and then your spending about $10 a day on food. This ends up being you spending $50 a week on food and $200 a month. Meanwhile you can go to a deli and get enough roast beef, cheese and bread to last you a week of lunches at that same $10 dollars that only got you one sandwich. You can take it even further with it. Your eating dinner and you decide to cook up some pasta. Cook up more then you’re going to eat and then save the leftovers and use it for lunches or even dinner tomorrow. Little things like that are going to get you more money.
Remember that if the most important thing you should always put above everything is that you should always have food on the table, a roof over your head, and clean clothes to wear. There are people out there who drive an Escalade yet they are living with 5 other people in a crowded apartment. This is because of there ego. They know that people are more likely to see them in there Escalade then people will see them in there sausage fest apartment. People want to give the illusion that “yah I’m rich.” Those people are going to be in debt and living in a shithole for a long time because they are not smart with money.
Alright that is pretty much all I wanted to get across in this rant. I’ll be doing a video rant in the very near future and I already know what I am going to be ranting about so don’t worry. Some of you may have seen my test video rant but I don’t consider that my official first one. Anyways have a nice day and remember my 3 rules. If you don’t know them, then get your foot out of your ass. If this is the first time you are reading one of my rants: Don’t Get Pregnant/Get someone Pregnant, Don’t Get Arrested, and don’t get killed.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
CELEBRITY NEWS OMFG!!!!
CELEBRITY NEWS OMFG!!!!!!
Alright people I got some big celebrity news for all of you. Today at around 7am ET… Jennifer Love Huge Tits took out her trash. Then at the same time we saw Robert Duval wearing a black shirt. Now we are not sure but according to the guy who is asking for change in your local corner, what he is trying to say is that he is black. Robert Duval is not a black man and we can not confirm this yet but we can almost guarantee you that he is black. We have also heard rumors that Britney Spears said “Oh My God.” Now we do not know who her god is but it is confirmed that she has a god. We are still looking to find out who it is but it’s not yet confirmed.
Ok now what I just wrote was actually bullshit but I’m going to go take a look at one of those gossip sites and see what’s really going on and give you an idea of how sad some people really are.
“Vanessa Minnillo goes on so many damn vacations, it's hard to believe she actually had money to spare when a homeless man hit her up for cash today in NYC.
he was giving to the beggar, but didn't give anything up to TMZ on engagement rumors or sharp pal Lindsay Lohan.
The homeless guy was more talkative -- revealing the best and worst celebs to get money from in NYC.”
Alright that is all of that I can really look at. But that’s just an example. People actually report that this girl gave money to a homeless guy. Yeah it really is sad and I’ll end it with that.
Alright people I got some big celebrity news for all of you. Today at around 7am ET… Jennifer Love Huge Tits took out her trash. Then at the same time we saw Robert Duval wearing a black shirt. Now we are not sure but according to the guy who is asking for change in your local corner, what he is trying to say is that he is black. Robert Duval is not a black man and we can not confirm this yet but we can almost guarantee you that he is black. We have also heard rumors that Britney Spears said “Oh My God.” Now we do not know who her god is but it is confirmed that she has a god. We are still looking to find out who it is but it’s not yet confirmed.
Ok now what I just wrote was actually bullshit but I’m going to go take a look at one of those gossip sites and see what’s really going on and give you an idea of how sad some people really are.
“Vanessa Minnillo goes on so many damn vacations, it's hard to believe she actually had money to spare when a homeless man hit her up for cash today in NYC.
he was giving to the beggar, but didn't give anything up to TMZ on engagement rumors or sharp pal Lindsay Lohan.
The homeless guy was more talkative -- revealing the best and worst celebs to get money from in NYC.”
Alright that is all of that I can really look at. But that’s just an example. People actually report that this girl gave money to a homeless guy. Yeah it really is sad and I’ll end it with that.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Percepetion is Everything
Perception is Everything
Alright I haven’t written anything in a while but it’s mainly because of lack of anything that has really struck me as, I got to write about this. The writings and rants come when they come and like I have said, there is no guideline for when I write. What I will be writing today is about how perception is everything. Now let me just get to it.
When you go out somewhere and you’re with someone of the opposite sex, a lot of the times nothing is there. Perhaps you are friends with someone or your just going out somewhere with them and hanging out. To you and this other person there is nothing going on here. However to the outsiders, they see a guy a girl together so they assume those 2 are together and are a couple. Sure you may not be holding hands nor doing anything that signifies that you are a couple, but people assume things.
Let me throw an example out for this situation. A guy who has a girlfriend is going with her somewhere to get a computer and the guy is experienced in this field. Now the guy goes out to a mall with this girl and takes a look at stuff. They both go to the computer store and then the girl goes and picks up a computer that you said was a good one. Anyways now you did what you came to do and your out and your both hungry. You decide that you want to grab something to eat and neither one of you feel like just grabbing something quick, you want to just go somewhere and sit and eat. So you go and you have dinner with each other. There is nothing romantic and you both actually split the bill and enjoy yourselves. Now what then happens is a few days later the guy gets a call from his GF asking what you were dong with her because one of her friends happened to see you 2 together. This friend saw you 2 together and perceived that the guy was cheating. So even though nothing actually happened the guy still has to defend himself and say what was going on. Everything ended up being fine and it’s all good now.
This isn’t just something as far as relationships go. Lets use the example from a while ago with Wendy’s and a finger. What happened at Wendy’s was that a girl found a human finger in her chili. She went and sued them and by the time the whole thing was over it turned out to be a hoax and the girl was just trying to get money off of them. Now the key to this argument is what happened after this whole thing ended. Even though it was proven that it was a scam with someone trying to get money, Wendy’s still saw a significant decline in sales and it affected their bottom line. Someone who may like Wendy’s and would go there all the time would know the story was bullshit, but still not want to get anything from there because of what they heard on the news and how they were perceived as having fingers in their food.
People also like to go out and add to a story. That friend of the girl probably told the guy’s girlfriend that she saw them holding hands. It’s not a major change of the story because the guy was still with her, but it’s enough to make it more interesting to the listener. The girl would have probably not even listened to her, and hell she may have even known they were going to be going out, but then you go and you add things to a story. People just have a natural tendency to want to tell a better story and add more excitement to it. It’s like when you watch a movie or a TV show and it says “based on a true story.” Of course the overall part of the story is going to be true, but the directors are going to add things to it. Make it more exciting for their audience in order to get more viewers. If you ever watch a show like “Law and Order”, what they do is they take actual events that happen, but then they add to them in order to make in more invigorating to viewer.
Alright I’m going to close it out with that. I don’t know when my next rant is going to be. Hell what I wrote today isn’t really a rant, but we’ll just call it that for the sake of it. Anyways don’t go getting yourselves killed.
Alright I haven’t written anything in a while but it’s mainly because of lack of anything that has really struck me as, I got to write about this. The writings and rants come when they come and like I have said, there is no guideline for when I write. What I will be writing today is about how perception is everything. Now let me just get to it.
When you go out somewhere and you’re with someone of the opposite sex, a lot of the times nothing is there. Perhaps you are friends with someone or your just going out somewhere with them and hanging out. To you and this other person there is nothing going on here. However to the outsiders, they see a guy a girl together so they assume those 2 are together and are a couple. Sure you may not be holding hands nor doing anything that signifies that you are a couple, but people assume things.
Let me throw an example out for this situation. A guy who has a girlfriend is going with her somewhere to get a computer and the guy is experienced in this field. Now the guy goes out to a mall with this girl and takes a look at stuff. They both go to the computer store and then the girl goes and picks up a computer that you said was a good one. Anyways now you did what you came to do and your out and your both hungry. You decide that you want to grab something to eat and neither one of you feel like just grabbing something quick, you want to just go somewhere and sit and eat. So you go and you have dinner with each other. There is nothing romantic and you both actually split the bill and enjoy yourselves. Now what then happens is a few days later the guy gets a call from his GF asking what you were dong with her because one of her friends happened to see you 2 together. This friend saw you 2 together and perceived that the guy was cheating. So even though nothing actually happened the guy still has to defend himself and say what was going on. Everything ended up being fine and it’s all good now.
This isn’t just something as far as relationships go. Lets use the example from a while ago with Wendy’s and a finger. What happened at Wendy’s was that a girl found a human finger in her chili. She went and sued them and by the time the whole thing was over it turned out to be a hoax and the girl was just trying to get money off of them. Now the key to this argument is what happened after this whole thing ended. Even though it was proven that it was a scam with someone trying to get money, Wendy’s still saw a significant decline in sales and it affected their bottom line. Someone who may like Wendy’s and would go there all the time would know the story was bullshit, but still not want to get anything from there because of what they heard on the news and how they were perceived as having fingers in their food.
People also like to go out and add to a story. That friend of the girl probably told the guy’s girlfriend that she saw them holding hands. It’s not a major change of the story because the guy was still with her, but it’s enough to make it more interesting to the listener. The girl would have probably not even listened to her, and hell she may have even known they were going to be going out, but then you go and you add things to a story. People just have a natural tendency to want to tell a better story and add more excitement to it. It’s like when you watch a movie or a TV show and it says “based on a true story.” Of course the overall part of the story is going to be true, but the directors are going to add things to it. Make it more exciting for their audience in order to get more viewers. If you ever watch a show like “Law and Order”, what they do is they take actual events that happen, but then they add to them in order to make in more invigorating to viewer.
Alright I’m going to close it out with that. I don’t know when my next rant is going to be. Hell what I wrote today isn’t really a rant, but we’ll just call it that for the sake of it. Anyways don’t go getting yourselves killed.
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